Using different factors to assess how well a country can respond to changes in food and water availability (as well as rising seas), the Global Adaptation Index shows which countries have the most work to do to prepare.

Company leaders often allocate manpower and money to projects long after it's become clear that they are failing, digging a deeper hole rather than trying to climb their way out of it. We recognize this foolishness immediately in others, but that doesn't stop us from making the same mistake ourselves. Why?